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Rep. Madison Cawthorn
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Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) claims that recent reporting on sexual harassment and misconduct allegations against are really about the media and Democrats wanting to deflect from sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
<p><em>Buzzfeed News</em> <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/addybaird/madison-cawthorn-sexual-misconduct-allegations-patrick" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">recently reported</a> interviews with more than two dozen witnesses who "described or corroborated instances of sexual harassment and misconduct on campus, in Cawthorn's car, and at his house near campus" when Cawthorn was a student at Patrick Henry College in Virginia. Cawthorn has denied the allegations against him.</p><p>Appearing on the conservative Newsmax TV, Cawthorn replied "absolutely" when host Chris Salcedo asked if the story has surfaced to try to "give cover" to Cuomo, a Democrat.</p>
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<p>"It just makes so much sense that they're going to start attacking a Republican," Cawthorn said, alleging that the story appeared only because "they're unable to defend their own governor in New York."</p><p>Cawthorn said Democrats are also promoting the story because "they're unable to defend any of their policy positions," and "they're just going to come spewing attack ads and starting to lie about other Republicans."</p>
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<p>Contrary to Cawthorn's claims, however, Democratic leaders have <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/01/biden-white-house-pelosi-support-probe-of-andrew-cuomo-for-sex-harrassment.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">not swept</a> the allegations against Cuomo under the rug. The White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, along with other <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/19/aoc-andrew-cuomo-nursing-homes-investigation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">high-profile</a> Democrats, have called for an independent investigation into the allegations. Pelosi said the claims against Cuomo are "serious and credible."</p><p><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/519110283?dnt=1&app_id=122963" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; height: 272.25px;" title="Cawthorn on Cuomo 03-02-2021"></iframe></p><p>From the Mar. 2 edition of Newsmax TV's "The Chris Salcedo Show":</p><blockquote>CHRIS SALCEDO, Newsmax: Do you see that the political Democrat-socialist operatives at places like CNN and MSNBC and others are trying to use this old story to try to give cover to Governor "COVID" Cuomo?<br/>MADISON CAWTHORN: Oh, absolutely, once we just had the nursing home scandal that was going on inside of New York but now we have other allegations of his own, which are coming out.<br/>And you know what? I generally believe that everyone's innocent until proven guilty but it just makes so much sense that they're going to start attacking a Republican because one, they're unable to defend their own governor in New York, kind of what they said should be a model governor for everyone across the country, and also they're unable to defend any of their policy positions.<br/>And so therefore, they're just going to come spewing attack ads and starting to lie about other Republicans, which is the normal Democratic playbook. Because all they can do is appeal to emotion because their policy agenda has no real sense.</blockquote><p><em>Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.</em></p>
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